Python Selfbots and Webhooks in Discord Pt. 1

Creating custom Discord selfbots when Discord’s webhooks aren’t enough.

My Inspiration

I wanted to send a friend a message on Discord or Slack using a simple device like a Raspberry Pi. My friends often have tech troubles, so having a script to send results back to me through DMs would be helpful.

Webhooks

Webhooks are easy to set up but limit the control over your bot. Using methods that abide by the API and TOS is safer.

Support Docs on Creating Webhooks

Python Example for Discord

import requests
import json

if __name__ == '__main__':
    webhook_url = 'https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/.../'

    data = {
        'text': 'A message sent with the power of Python in Discord.'
    }

    response = requests.post(webhook_url, data=json.dumps(data), headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

    print('Response: ' + str(response.text))
    print('Response code: ' + str(response.status_code))

Python Example for Slack

import requests
import json

if __name__ == '__main__':
    webhook_url = 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/{API_GUID}'

    data = {
        'icon_emoji': ':ghost:',
        'text': 'A message sent with the power of Python in Slack.',
        'username': 'Python Bot',
        'icon_emoji': ':robot_face:'
    }

    response = requests.post(webhook_url, data=json.dumps(data), headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

    print('Response: ' + str(response.text))
    print('Response code: ' + str(response.status_code))

Userbots

Userbots provide more control but using them can lead to a ban as it’s against the TOS for Discord.

Discord Terms of Service

Finding Your Discord Auth Token

1. Open the Discord App
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+I (to open Chromium dev tools)
3. Navigate to the Application Tab -> Storage -> Local Storage -> Discord.com
4. In the filter bar type: “token”
5. Press Ctrl+R (refresh Discord for the token to appear)
6. Copy and retrieve your token (without quotes)

Install Dependencies

pip3 install requests unidecode

Example Functions for a Selfbot

import requests
import random
import time
from unidecode import unidecode

token = "your-token-here"
discord = "https://discordapp.com/api/v6/"
chatid = 795743570995839018

def send_message(chatid, content, proxy=None):
    return requests.post(discord + "channels/" + str(chatid) + "/messages#", proxies=proxy, data={"content": str(content), "nonce": str(random.randint(10000000, 99999999))}, headers={"Authorization": token}).text

def get_message(chatid, proxy=None):
    res = requests.get(discord + "channels/" + str(chatid) + "/messages?limit=1", proxies=proxy, headers={"Authorization": token}).text
    try:
        content = res.split('"content": "')[1].split('"')[0]
    except IndexError as e:
        content = res.split('"message": "')[1].split('"')[0], res.split('"retry_after": ')[-1].split("\n")[0]
    return content

def get_author_id(chatid, proxy=None):
    res = requests.get(discord + "channels/" + str(chatid) + "/messages?limit=1", proxies=proxy, headers={"Authorization": token}).text
    return res.split('"author":')[1].split('"id": "')[1].split('"')[0]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    while True:
        time.sleep(0.05)
        message = get_message(chatid)
        if message == "!yobot":
            send_message(chatid, f"How may I help you <@{get_author_id(chatid)}>?")
        elif message[0] == "You are being rate limited.":
            print(f"Waiting off the rate limit for {int(message[1]) / 1000}s")
            time.sleep(int(message[1]) / 1000)

For more details and the continuation, check the original article.